Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Playing Monopoly Deal

Very nice to be able to catch Missy before her short one-week school holidays ended. Went out for a bit of cycling on a day when the haze didn't seem too bad. Cycling didn't require that much energy. It was lovely to be out in the open.

The haze didn't irritate us too much early in the morning. But it got uncomfortable outdoors after a bit. The heat and humidity weren't killers; the haze compounded it. (Yah, checked against PM2.5 readings.) Called it a day after 45 minutes and headed indoors. Luckily we did because the winds changed direction and blew in the haze heavy and smoky.

Missy is totally hooked on Monopoly Deal, courtesy of her parents. The cards are portable and Missy was super excited to introduce this game to me. Cool. Never even heard of the game till now. So we played many many rounds of it over drinks then lunch. Hahaha.

It was a completely different gameplay from the usual Monopoly we know. Fairly sure this game will be played rather differently with adults, with four being the optimal number for quick finishes. In these rounds with Missy and Y, I wasn't playing to win lah, more of letting Missy see how we could strategize and how she didn't have to be nice and not make us pay rent. Hahaha. In this game, money is the least useful to us, even when seeking rent is part of it.

Notion

“A large, but not particularly impressive, book. Other books in the University's libraries had covers inlaid with rare jewels and fascinating wood, or bound with dragon skin. This one was just a rather tatty leather. It looked the sort of book described in library catalogues as 'slightly foxed', although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.
Metal clasps held it shut. They weren't decorated, they were just very heavy – like the chain, which didn't so much attach the book to the lectern as tether it.
They looked like the work of someone who had a pretty definite aim in mind, and who had spent most of his life making training harness for elephants.” ~ The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett